Gear-drive for wringers.



O. B. WOODROW.

GEAR DRIVE FOR WBINGERS.

APPLIOATION TILED SEPT. 10,19O9. 1 1 18,99 1 a Patented Dec. 1,1914.

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0. B. WOODROW.

GEAR DRIVE FOR WRINGERS.

APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 10. 1900.

1, 1 1 8,99 1 Patented Dec. 1. 1914.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

PatentedDeoi, 1914.

Application filed September 10, 1909. Serial No. 517,029;

To all whom it may concern- Be it known that I, OLIVER B. Wooonow, a citizen of the -United States, residing at Newton, in the county of Jasper and State of Iowa, have invented a certain new and useful Gear-Drive for ll ringers, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide an operating device of the class described, of

simple, durable and inexpensive construc-' tion so arranged that the shaft which opcrates the wringer may be continuously rotated'in one direction and the wringcr be made to move in either direction so that in the event that clothes should become wound upon one of the wringer rollers, the movement of the rollers may be quickly stopped or reverse 3 My invention consists inthe construction, arrangen'ient, and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth, pointed out in my claims, andillustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 shows a top or plan view of a washing machine and wringer having my improvements applied thereto. Fig. 2 shows a side elevation of same to illustrate the gearing devices for the wringer and washing machine, and Fig. 3 shows a view similar to Fig. 2 taken from a position right-angles to that of Fig. 2.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, I have used the reference numeral 10 to indicate the body of the washing, machine or other device to which my improvement" is applied, 11 indicates the supporting legs therefor, and 1'? indicates a-platfhrm arranged betwcen the supporting legs and beneath the body. Mounted upon the platform 12 is an electric motor 13 provided with a small pulley 1a. Mounted in suitable bearings 15 on the platform 12 is a rotatable shaft 16. Fixed to said shaft is a pulley 17. Loosclymounted on the shaft 16 adjacent to the pulley 17 is a gear wheel 18. The said cog-wheel 18 is arranged in mesh with a large cog-wheel 2% which is mounted upon a shaft 2.3 and which has a pitman 26 connected .with it, which pitmau is pivoted to a lever 97 and said lever is designed to operate the washing machine or other device to which my improvement is applied. Mount 'ed upon opposite end of shaft 16 is a pulley 28 having connected thereto a belt at and the latter beingoperatively connected to the wringer reversing mechanism.

T he device for operating the wringer, comprises a shaft 39 mounted on the machine body and provided at one end with a pulley 40 having the belt 34 applied thereto. On this shaft 39 is a small pinion d1. Mounted on the machine body adjacent to the shaft is a shaft 42 having thereon the large pinion 13 in mesh with the small pinion ll. Rotatably mounted on the shaft 42 is a sleeve 44 having on one end a clutch member 45, and fixed to its other end is a sprocket wheel l6. Rotatably mounted on the other end of the shaft 4:2 is a similar sleeve it having the clutch member i8 at one end and a sprocket wheel l?) at the other. Slidingly' and non-rotatably mounted upon the shaft t2, between the clutch members 45 and. :8, is a hub having clutch members at its ends so arranged that. the hub may be placed in position out of engagement with both of said clutch devices or it maybe thrown into engagement with either one of them. This is done by means of a lever 51 having a pin 52 at its lower end and acrank shaft extended under the machine body. This crank has a slot 54: in its upper end to receive the pin and a handle 55 at its other end extended upwardly alongside of the machine body so that said hub 50 may be shifted by an operator standing on the side of the machine opposite from the w ringer.

The wringer proper is'indicated by the "inference numeral 56 and is provided with two rollers, the upper one having its shaft 57 extended outwardly and providedwith a sprocket wheel 58 connected by a chain 59 with the sp ocket wheel 49. The shaft ofthe lower roller is extended outwardly in the opposite direction from the shaft 57 and is indicated by the numeral, 60. Shafts 57 and (30 are provided with rollers 5 and 60* and the wringer will be turned in one direc-.

tion, and when the hub 50 is shifted to its opposite limit of movement, the sleeve 4:7 will be rotated and the wringer will be operated in a reverse direction. By this arrangement, the wringer may be readily and easily controlled and its movement can be stopped almost instantly without the necessity of stopping the motor.

11 operating the wringer the motor is started which in turn operates the f ulley thereto the mechanism as before escribed. During the rotation of the pulley 40, the wringer shaft is in continual rotation, and to operate the wringer, the operator stands in a position adjacent to the lever 55, whereby upon the manipulation of said lever, the wringer may be quickly and easily stopped or reversed in either direction. It is obvious that all the mechanism is of a sifnple and inexpensive construction, and that the parts are-not liable to get out of order,

I claim as my invention:

1. In a device of the class described, the combination of two roller shafts, rollers thereon in frictional engagement with one another, .a gearing device connected with each, a shaft for operating the roller shafts, means for continuously rotating the latter shaft in one direction, two sleeves rotatably mounted on the latter shaft, each sleeve beingprovided with a gearing device operatively, connected with the gearing devices on saidshafts, each sleeve also being provided witha clutch member on the adjacent ends of said sleeves, a hub slidingly and nonrotatably mounted on the shaft between said clutch members, said hub having clutch members at its ends, said hub being designed to be placed between said clutch members of the sleeves or to be placed in engagement with either one of them, a support, and a hand lever passing under said support and having a vertical hand piece ivithin convenient reach of the operator.

2. In a device of the blass described, the.

interposed between-said sleeves for operatively connecting 'either one of them with the power shaft; said means including a hand lever operative from in front of said rollers.

3. In a device of the class described, the combination of a motor, a shaft, means interposed between the motor and the shaft for driving the latter continuously in one direction, a hub slidingly and non-rotatably mounted "on the driving shaft and having clutch members at its ends, a lever connected to said hub and extended downwardly, a rock-shaft having one end pivotally and slidingly connected with said lever and having an upright handle in front of said power shaft on its other end, two roller shafts, rollers thereon, two sleeves mounted on said power shaft, and each provided with a clutch member, and means connected With each of said sleeves for imparting motion to one of said roller shafts, for the purposes stated.

Des Moines, Iowa, J une 29, 1909.

OLIVER B. WOODROW.

.Witnesses FRANK M. lVoooRow, CLARENCE L. Wooonow. 

